“ Florida State AD Michael Alford and university administration “sent shock waves throughout” the ACC on Friday by “voicing their frustration concerning the ACC’s long-term media rights deal with ESPN,” according to Ira Schoffel of ON3. Alford outlined in “painstaking detail how poorly the conference’s TV revenue stacks up” against the SEC and the Big Ten. Alford said that FSU “actually generates about 15 percent of the ACC’s total TV revenue while receiving only about 7 percent of the money distributed.” Alford: “Something has to change.” Schoffel noted Alford’s comments were a “stunning development" because “of the forum.” It was “not an accident” that Alford made his presentation “where and when he did.” It also “wasn’t happenstance” that the ensuing conversation between FSU trustees and the university’s general counsel “broached the subject of leaving the conference.” Schoffel: "Does Florida State really have a plan for how it could get out of this conference? Have the Seminoles been told they have a home waiting for them in the SEC or Big Ten?" Two weeks ago, the ACC held its winter meetings in Charlotte and during those meetings, FSU and Clemson officials "continued their push for unequal revenue sharing.” Though “no decisions were made” in Charlotte, it is "fair to say Florida State officials didn’t walk away feeling confident the other schools were planning to give the Seminoles and Tigers a bigger piece of the pie”


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